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CIOs, business units are on the same team

A common refrain these days, among analysts and consultants, urges CIOs to become more involved in the business side of their organizations so that they can learn to play a more strategic role. I Read more...

Lessons the tech industry refuses to learn

The technology industry repeats too many of its mistakes too often, and many of them occur during flurries of Wall Street-driven mergers, argues InfoWorld's Bill Snyder. We're on the eve of a new Read more...

High-tech seeks patent policy changes

Congress is considering an overhaul of U.S. patent policy that would bring the first major changes in more than half a century. The giant technology sector stands firmly behind the issue, but small Read more...

IBM ready to gobble up Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems may be Big Blue's next conquest. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the two companies have been in talks and there could be a deal as early as this week. If the companies Read more...

Innovation can thrive in tough times

Sure, times are difficult and there are plenty of layoffs. But innovation has not been stopped in its track, an article in Business Week points out. The magazine asked several trend watchers and Read more...

The web talks and you talk back

IBM has come up with its annual list of innovations that "have the potential to change the way people work, live and play over the next five years," and that list includes a "Talking Web." You will Read more...

Ask.com makes improvements

Ask.com has, in the past, come up with search innovations, but it has done little to help the company's business. It remains in fourth place in a market dominated by Google. But Ask.com is not giving Read more...

Not your father's IT

Every CIO has good days and bad day. And for Doug Caddell, chief information officer for the law firm, Foley & Lardner in Milwaukee, Wis., there are plenty of good ones. The reason is quite Read more...

Patent system is in crisis, say several vendor execs

Executives from Google, IBM and Apple, speaking this week on a panel at the AlwaysOn Stanford Summit in Palo Alto, CA, had some pretty harsh words for the U.S. patent system, noting that patents are Read more...

Web 2.0 must be embraced sooner rather than later

CIOs who want to tap into the innovative vein of their organizations would be wise to stop resisting the integration of Web 2.0 technologies (such as blogs, social networking environments, Read more...

Press Releases

Newsbyte: Latest Round of Innovations for SAP® Business Suite Anticipate Customer Needs

WALLDORF, Germany, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Following its commitment to deliver regular and digestible innovation to customers, SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced the second wave of extensive Read more >>

Corero Network Security Signs on Web Hosting Provider Applied Innovations

Corero’s IPS Protects Applied Innovations’ 35,000 Client Websites, Primarily eCommerce Companies, Against DDoS and Other Malicious Attacks HUDSON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Corero Network Security Read more >>

Business and Innovation at the Heart of the Trade Show CARTES & IDentification 2011

With almost 20,000 visitors CARTES & IDentification confirmed its international influence and positioned itself more than ever as the major global event for digital security and smart Read more >>

Next Generation of TrueRep Empowers Individuals to Add Comments to Background Checks on Themselves

For the First Time, Individuals Can Clarify the Public Records Presented in Intelius Reports MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Intelius, a leading source of online consumer background checks, at Read more >>

Starkey’s AMP Wins Consumer Electronics Show Innovations 2012 Award

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Starkey Laboratories, Inc., one of the world’s leading hearing technology companies, is excited to announce that it has been named an International CES Innovations 2012 Read more >>